Author summary
13%3 analyzed articles/videos2,403 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kate Murphy results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 4.8% saturation with 540 hits. Analysis detected 6,107 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,325 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 16% (5,265 of 6,202 authors). This Kate Murphy is better (less manipulative) than 84.90% of the peer group.
Kate Murphy
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
16%Kate Murphy (selected)2%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 11,325
Article count: 3
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

15% percentile
025507510015.1% percentile
1.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles11.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 2.5%2.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 4.6%4.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 4.6%4.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 0.7%0.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 4.3%4.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Author 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Author 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Author 2.5%2.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 3.8%3.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Author 4.8%4.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Author 2.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 4.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 4.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Author 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 0.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Author 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Author 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Author 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Author 4.8%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Author 2.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Author 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 0.6%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Author 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Author 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Author 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Author 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Author 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateAuthor rate